The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-08-18
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FEDERAL ASSISTANCE ASKED.

from the Governor of Colorado an
nouncing the uprising of the Whit
River Utes, near Meeker, COL, ant
asking assistance of the United State
troops in suppressing it. The tele
gram has been forwarded to Genera
Crook, who has command of that mill
tary department, for such action as h,
deems advisable. He has full powe
to act in the matter, and will senC
troops to the scene of trouble if though
necessary. There are plenty of troops
| just north and south of Meeker, anC
they can be utilized on short notice
| The Utes are regarded as a dangerous
tribe, and the uprising among then
may prove serious unless promptly
suppressed.
CONSIDERABLE FIGHTING DONE.
ASPEN, Colo, Aug. 13.-No direct
information of the Indian troubles
have been received since the arrival of
messenger in GlenWOOd Springs at
O'Clock Friday morning, but rumors
have come in since to the effect that
there has been considerable fighting
and some casualties. The Aspen
militia has been ordered to report to
General West at GlenwOod Springs,
ana left here about $50 O'Clock, sixty
men strong.
THE SITUATION UNCHANGED.
The situation near Meeker, where
the renegade White River UteS, headed
by old COlorow, are reported as having
taken the war path remains the same
as far as can be learned. No news has
been received from the scene of trouble
since last night. Adjutant
General West arrived at Glen
wood tonight. lie will look over
the ground in the morning and report
to Gov. Adams late in the day. Cover
nor Adams has received no word from
Washington yet advising him what
action will be taken. He, how
ever, received a telegram from
General Ray, commander of the
post at Omaha, inquiring the
nearest railway point to where the In
dams are now supposed to be camped.
Captain GOslin and company, COM
posed of state militiamen, arrived from
Aspen this evening.
LIKELY TO ESCAPE JUSTICE.
CHICAGO, Aug. 13.-The convicted
boOdlers in the County Jail were in
high spirits to-day over an alleged dis
covery by their lawyers that according
to a precedent established in the SUI
preme Court of this State, their trial
was technically informal, and there
fore void. Three terms of court
elapsed, the boodlers claim from the
time the indictments against them
were returned before they were
tried. Such case in 1877
resulted in verdict being set
aside. The boodler's case was called
on the last day allowable by law and
continued until the next term. They say
no notice was given them that the case
would be called up that day, and con-
sequently the term had in fact elapsed.
Lawyers outside of the case who were
seen this afternoon do not attach great
Importance to the point, but say there
is uncertainty enough about the whole
question to make it interesting.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Aug. ia
report has just reached here of a fiend-
ish attempt at train wrecking on the
Burlington 81 Missouri River Road at a
night. AS a passenger train was Cross
ing trestle-bridge across a
deep ravine the woodwork was
discovered to be on fire. An
investigation disclosed the tact that
the stringerS and braces were entirely
consumed and the bridge in a shaky
condition. The train was unusually
light, and this alone prevented a fear
full catastrophe. Police are working
up the matter.
DESTROYED BY A CYCLONE.
CHICAGO, Aug, ia Times spe-
cial from Fl Madison, of Iowa, says
the Catholic Church at st. Paul, eigh-
teen miles west of here, was totally
destroyed by a cyclone which swept
over this section this evening.
DROWNED IN THE LITTLE ARKANSAS.
WICHITA, Kas., Aug. ia man
named Smelling, tailor in the employ
of Schwab q CHASER, went bathing In
the Little Arkansas River this evening
in company with a friend. Smelling
getting beyond his depth and not being
able to swim, was drowned. His
family are in Springfield.
FOUND DEAD.
James Hamilton, a bachelor farmer,
about 40 years old, was found dead at
his home in Eagle Township, about
twelve miles northwest of Wichita, this
afternoon. The cause of his death is
not definitely known, but it is thought
he died of delirium tremens.
KIDNAPPED BY AN ERRING MOTHER.
VNCENNES, Ind, Aug. 14.-SeVeral
weeks ago Mrs. Belle Harroll, the wife
of Perry S. Harroll, prominent citi-
zen of Petersburg, Pike County,
twenty miles south of this city, and the
mother of two children, elOped with
DIR. G.. b. b. Blackwell, a physician of
this place, and a married man with a
large family. Night before last Mrs.
Harroll returned secretly, having been
abandoned by her paramount, got
self and set out to the home of her
children's grandmother. There she
begged pitifully to see her children, the
younger of whom is only six weeks
old. The grandmother refused, when
the mother pulled out her revolver and
said she would murder anybody who
interfered with her, seized the babies
and started for parts unknown. When
the husband returned home the next
day he found his children had been
kidnapped, and he is now securing the
country for them.
SUICIDE IN CHURCH.
EL8IDALE, Kas., Aug. 15.-WeSley
G. Parker, a young man about 20 years
old, shot himself in the Congregational
church this evening. The young man
Joined with the congregation in singing
the doxology, and after the minister
had pronounced the benediction rose to
his feet, drew revolver and saying,
Ladies and gentlemen, / bid you all
good-by," pulled the trigger. The ball
entered little below the right nipple.
Since then Parker has talked little,
saying he had no money, and was dis
couraged and sickly, and therefore did
the deed. A widowed mother lives
near Sabetha, Nemaha County. There
is little hope of his recovery.
A CHILD CANNIBAL.
MEXICO, Mo-, Aug. l5.-Ann Bran
steller, colored, left her house in this
city Saturday morning, leaving her two
children, aged 10 months and 5 years,
in charge of Ann Carson, also cOlored
and as the mother was not to return
until o O'Clock at night, the Carson
woman concluded to go to the fair, and
locked the children in an Sx10 room
When she returned the older child wa:
almost suffocated, the room being lily
| ventilated, and the younger was in thu
throes of death. A portion of the
flesh OF its breast and stomach haC
been eaten away by the older child
who was almost starved. Both womel
are under arrest, as the younger chile
will die.
A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
CHICAGO, Aug. I5.-An Inter-Ocea
special from Decatur H., says: /
terrific explosion of chemicals too
place in Clinton Webb's drug store a
Macon, this county at o'cloc
this morning, causing the in
slant death of Nelson McDanis